European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                              4 stars and Africa Middle East september Anh Stripl j Africa Middle the and stripes is edited and published weekly by service Section for Aimy in Africa and the Middle Star and contents patted by army 92 and entered As second claw matter at the office at new under she act of printed by Paul in 36 september 1945 Frank publications Gene editor staff Richard associate editor Matt Dean Broome and Ralph news1and picture sources Public signal and Soldier array Washington the armed forces Are seeking to encourage Volunteer enlistments with a pro Gram of and at the same time went Down the line for continuation for the Navy and Marino corps officers toll the House military committee that those services do not believe recruitment alone will keep them up to the needed service witnesses suggested however that if volunteering exceeds expect Calls could be the program of inducements was offered by a joint army Navy Board to Fine House Sev eral of whose members had indic ated a dextre to go a straight basis for occupation armies and eliminate the draft in there was talk within the committee of asking president Truman to explain to the nation Why he thinks the draft is still As the Navy set in motion a full scale recruitment the joint report urged these benefits for volunteers pay for overseas duty beginning with 20 percent and scions will measure plus six plus six in that familiar and meaningful phrase duration and 19 a moot question at the moment and its up to Congress to decide just when those additional six months that what selective who got you into the army in the first a selective spokesman has stated that All drafters Are entitled to release by the end of the duration and six months but he warned that Only Congress can say when the duration is finished and the six months Congress will be urged to clarify the Issue As soon As so no legislation to define the duration has been the spokesman added that when Congress declares the duration Fin Home provision for occupation troops will have to be they All be scurrying Home within six by to launch ruining Job increasing five yearly to a maximum of 35 percent above Continental duty number of noncommissioned grades and of free of mustering out pay for men discharged for Pur pose of 5yan option for army men Reg arding payment to them of Money in of costs for reenlistment guarantee of most benefits now accorded to the House military committee also heard that the nations Short age of civilian doctors is to be Alle viated1 somewhat soon with of the army physicians slated to be discharged by february out of the Navy during that same period will come of the in tiie As for the army added that it Hopes to Cut its Force from to in the next four As the Navy expects to release nurses in three Corn Hopper Fleet plague Dakota swarming Down from the arid hordes of hungry out sized Grasshoppers that appear during the Corn descended upon and enveloped the Smail town of Wasta last within a Day and a the insects had devoured practically All vegetation within the some of them two a half inches gob bled up Green tree Floetl and vegetable they even ate drying laundry off the hoppers covered the town two or three feet making walking most of Zas tas 500 citizens barricaded them selves inside their Homes during the siege hut some hoppers crawled through chinks in ten tons of powerful Poison is being spread to kill the by Matt mod ado social menace a Young Sailor was the Only occupant left in a cafe the other Day when he casually pulled out a hand grenade and offered to pass it around to the 30 Odd a and the after observing the frenzied placed the grenade on a table and did a Houdini the unhappy manager called up army Arsenal experts who came around to pick up what Thev thought would be a harmless the How was not Only a but packed enough explosives to just about atomize the the manager says the whole affair took quite a lot out of local draft grudge Fri men have arrested a draft Al Fred who has been giving them the runaround since is not a bit rep in tent of his evasion a he says angrily that he was once rejected and been mad at the army Ever something for the boys for All of you sentimental Guye Wholl soon be wanting something to remember the army heres just the thing a Sterling Silver Money clip with a to insert one of your dog the advertising apparently written by a 4l says that the dog tag is so important a part of life in the service that most men will want to keep it As a Lucky pocket As a lifelong As a permanent and or its Utility and what n one at the bolts from the Blue weekly Roundup of items from Camp newspapers Here there for some reason you guess one unfortunately irrelevant subject has been cropping into Many of the Camp papers hucksters Sand script plays with the idea in a Page one Guy looking smugly at himself in what a new with a razor Edge press and Wear ing a striped the Marrakech spotlight Thea Over the subject for its a know Joe which finds that to the question what kind of a suit will you buy first every one is agreed in one that it wont look like government if the Usa tailors Are listen ing and of course they hero Are some pointers on what to have for Howard Farrow of macs something single Light Green and made of Gabordi for William open Gine ering hard to hut it wont lie of or i i live in Southern so ill stick with sports Stephen at seems to me something like a Light Blue Serge if i had the i would like to do it up right a dark Blue hat with a Light Blue band around it to match the Honor by go Temple of great Refl of Hotfil emergency with a glance Back at the Days of frenzy which followed Pearl ans recalls a stunned nation rallying to the in it remembers that harried Young 18yearold James who lost no time in wiring the following frantic a peal to our president i would like very much to join the marines but have never grown any please wire collect if you can help final gesture the India Ilou Dup tells of a i who has a quaint wrinkle on an old army Horace Fuquay Little idea May Dev Elop into new army As Fuquay left his to Imp for a separation Center and he tradition has it that a commissioned officer presents a Dollar to the first enlisted Man who salutes in going to change that around and give a Buck to the inst officer t been writing prop Wash out of the Wash column of bits and pie Hes heard that the Naff will close shop by All men with wives will be ship Ped Home soon All men with two wives will be shipped Home on the Benny Goodman will play in Italy Square to officially close the Riu Nann the at will occupy he puts it All under the head of Rumor speaking of it would be hard to top the one sky master noted As conversational pickup from the is according to somebody in whose aunt dreamed it three nights in a gis in this area will receive ame rican Money instead of the usual dilapidated egyptian de of engineering Doest make much difference How in dressed so Long As 1 am but ill get something in sports William engineering i dont a Good not that i but something in a Lark the Cazes depo dopes Allen my in Liis column out of the sad Sac finds that the Only Way to properly express his thoughts on the subject is in the Noble Pero rations of the poetic Muse when get ii is Mij dream to dress a Siwash color scheme in Tiu eeds with the Jaunty Esquire Sloppy and Debonair wingtip oxfords with fancy toes polished up a Brandy nose socks As As a French Parade and neckties louder than a Tokyo when i step out with my Best girl studs Mill be of Ocean my Itro Eddoth shirts will gleam so the stammer Clouds will not look Gonna have clothes before in done of every color under the ice flow and Blowtorch Blue and Green like the Tail of a cock for Ive worn of since the War began and in and tired of the army and 1 Long to wondering in t just which suit shall i Wear to that Praml latin gentleman of try to is Back on his Post As editor of 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